Welcome to One Earth Sangha, a virtual EcoDharma center supporting a global community in the Path of Engaged Practice.
As ten thousand years of climate stability is ending, the call to develop inner stability has never been more clear.
Announcing a new offering for 2024:
Provocations and Possibilities for Practitioners
- August 30
- — September 4, 2024
How does the Dharma call us to respond to our ecological reality? Kristin Barker and Adam Lobel lead this in-person retreat for practitioners who wish to discover and develop their own EcoDharma.
Updated for 2023/2024
The EcoSattva Training
Join us in a Course to Cultivate Wisdom, Connection, and Compassionate Action
“For anyone who’s yearning for a way to meet the often agonizing challenges of this time with a clear mind, a steady heart, a resilient body and a ferocious spirit, One Earth Sangha’s EcoSattva Training is a beautifully-designed and meticulously-crafted container.”
Registration is now open for groups and individuals.
Upcoming EcoDharma Explorations
Join Us Live the Fourth Sunday of the Month
Upcoming
How might we nourish the ecological self and support its maturation? On May 26, join John Seed and Br. Tenzin (Dr. Alex Anderson) to explore the interwoven teachings and practices of Deep Ecology and Buddhadharma.
Upcoming
On Right Relations with Deniers, Delayers, and Destroyers
- June 23
- Kevin Gallagher
How might we relate to the "bad guys" as advocates and activists attempting to reduce suffering in the world at large? On June 23, Kevin Gallagher leads this exploration on how we might relate on behalf of both people and planet, to those who cause harm.
Featured EcoDharma
EcoDharma
EcoDharma
- Rob Burbea
Out of love, Insight teacher Rob Burbea asks us to boldly investigate our agenda for practice. What are its risks and and possibilities in supporting our response to a suffering world?
EcoDharma Art, Poetry, and Imagery
Creative
Creative
- Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
In honour of Earth Day 2024, we share this exquisite poem reminding us that we utterly belong to this world, its beauty and its losses.
The Path of Engaged Practice is itself made sustainable by compassion, commitment and community.
Events from Our Networks
An EcoDharma Meditation Retreat with James and Jane Baraz
- May 31
- — June 2, 2024
- Awakened Spirit Yoga
This retreat draws on both the liberating practices of the Insight Meditation tradition as well as nature-based practices and rituals. The intention is to deepen our understanding of the human mind and heart as well as our sense of belonging to the larger web of life. Virtual sessions also available.
Exploring Social Justice, Somatics and Meditation
- May 14
- — May 19, 2024
- Natural Dharma Fellowship
Online
This hybrid retreat with Lama Liz Monson and Staci Haines will explore how personal and collective somatic practices and meditation allow us to come into alignment with our deepest aspirations and values. As a result, we learn to embody ways of being and acting that support not only our individual healing and growth, but also the transformative potential of our collective action in the world.
An Ecodharma Retreat
- May 14
- — May 19, 2024
- Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center
Join Kritee (Kanko), Imtiaz Rangwala and Bianca Acosta for this retreat designed for empowering anyone who cares about the healing and belonging in these wild times of polycrisis (climate, genocidal wars, xenophobia, pollution, rise of fascism and mental health crisis).
Cultivating Local and Personal Resilience in a Time of Climate Crisis
- May 18
- — October 19, 2024
- New York Insight Meditation Center
A 6 month course with Lin Wang Gordon and Jon Aaron. The purpose of this course is to nurture climate resilience through learning about meditation practices and Buddhist philosophy, and to cultivate wisdom by directly working with the Earth through volunteering at an urban farm.
Campaigns for Action
Campaign
Campaign
Regenerative Solutions for the Living Earth Community
- Katie Benvenuti
Regeneration Nexus is a database of ecological solutions that aim to nourish and regenerate broader systems within the living Earth community while reducing warming.
There is a way to be a human being
that causes all life to thrive.
— Woman Stands Shining (Pat McCabe)
Featured Action Organizations
- EcoMadres mission is to empower and mobilize Latino communities to fight for clean air, equitable climate change solutions, and protections from toxic chemicals.
- The Eco-anxiety in Africa Project (TEAP) seeks to understand and validate the experiences of eco-anxiety and environmental-related emotions in Africans.
- The Leftovers Foundation is a Canada-based organization seeking to ensure that good food does not get wasted.
Explore Buddhist and Interfaith Organizations
“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” -Angela Davis
Featured Calls to Action
As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsens, urge your government, especially if you are in the United States, to insist on an immediate ceasefire. If you are in Canada, call for an immediate arms embargo. You can also support Support Standing Together, Combatants for Peace, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), all grassroots movements mobilizing for peace, equality, and justice.
- Green Faith will be holding the Faith for Climate Justice in May 3 – 12 2024. Check out the action guide (focusing on North America) offering resources to help you create powerful and meaningful action in your community, and sign up to receive updates about getting involved.
- EARTHDAY.ORG is advocating for the end of plastics for the sake of human and planetary health. Check out their action toolkit, join or host a clean up, or visit their Earth Hub for resources and more ways to get involved.
- Mental Health and Climate Change Alliance is conducting virtual focus group sessions to inform the development of tools and resources to facilitate communications about climate change and climate-related feelings. Learn more and sign up for these sessions here.
- Canada: Despite plans to transition away from coal, Canada still exports millions of tonnes of Canadian and American thermal coal every year. Urge your MP and key cabinet ministers to support Bill C-383, calling for the ban on thermal coal exports.
- See all action opportunities.
